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J. J. KING.

MAT LOCKr No. 274,788. Patented Mar.27,1883# WITNESSES ATTORNEY;

PWATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH J KING', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MAT-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,788, dated March 27, 1883. ApplicationfiledMay17,1882. (No model.)

a simple and efficient device for locking doormats in place to prevent them from being stolen. This object I accomplish by the construction of the link illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view.

Similarletters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter Adesignates the mat, havingcoinbined therewith the link B and chain 0, accord ing to myinvention, The letters I) E indicate the twojaws composingthelink. These jaws are connected together at one end by a pivot, f, they being curved toward each other at such end, and the jaw D is provided near its free end with a post, g, projecting toward the jaw E, while the latter is provided with a hole, h, opposite to the post, such hole beingadapted to receive the end portion of the post. In applying the link to the mat the post 9 is forced through it at the appropriate place, and the end ofthe post is made to pass through'the hole It by closing the jaws. The end of the post is then rivet-ed, and it will be seen that avery effective attachment of the link to the mat is thereby produced.

The letter 11 denotes the tooth concomitant to one of the link-jaws. This tooth is on the jaw D, having the post g, and when the link is applied to the mat the tooth enters the body thereof and serves to hold the link rigidly in its position'or against turning. The chain 0 is hung or connected to the link at one end, and at its other end the chain is provided with p a padlock, j, or other similar eontrivance,

wherebyit is adaptedto be fastened to a suitable part of a house, in the vicinity of the place where the mat may be used, provision being made to receive the lock, as by means of a staple, k.

For the chain 0, I can substitute a Wire rope or other similarline, care being taken, however, to select one which cannot be readily cut or broken, and hence the chain is best suited to the purpose.

By the construction of my link it can be fastened to the mat with very little labor and without the exercise of any particular skill, so that it can be applied by any inexperienced person. 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- j I 1. A device for securing door-inats to buildings, composed of twojaws permanently united at one end by a pivot, one of said jaws having a rigidlyattached post to pass through the mat, and the other jaw having an opening, within which the end of the post is adapted to be inserted and rigidly secured, and a chain having one end loosely arranged between the two pivoted jaws and its other end provided with a device for looking it to a building, subs'tantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with a door mat, of two jaws permanently united at one end by a pivot, one of said jaws having a pointed tooth entering the mat and a rigidly-attached postprojecting through the mat, and the other jaw having an opening, into which the projecting end of the post is permanently secured, and a chain having one end loosely secured between the two pivoted jaws and its other end provided with a deviceto lock it to a building, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I J EREMIAH J. KING, [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J .VHERMANN WAHLERs, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

